Around 620 Kendras nationwide channel rural and non-student youth into clubs, camps, sports, and volunteering.
46.4% of young men in Kolkata read a newspaper regularly, better than the typical district. 69% use the internet, better than the typical district. MY Bharat and the Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan build on this base to organise youth for civic and community participation.
75% of registered enterprises are in services while 25% are in manufacturing. Only 25% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 72% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Kolkata, which ranks 1 of 23 in West Bengal for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 60.4 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on women who read a newspaper regularly at 27%, women using the internet at 67.9% and higher-education enrolment at 40.7%. On young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 43.9%, it sits close to the national mark.